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SUB Editor Sarah MacIndoe Technical Editor 34 Sam Clark FEATURE

Designer 34 | Imperfect Memories Daniel Blackball During the 1980s, gained global fame as a centre of musical excellence, and the 80s now ad designer enjoy an almost mythic reputation in Dunedin’s collective consciousness. Loulou Callister-Baker Nick Guthrie speaks to some of the figures from the period to find out if this nostalgia is justified.

FEATURE WRITER Brittany Mann, Loulou Callister-Baker FEATUREs

NEws Team Bella Macdonald, Thomas Raethel, 26 | Why Do Soldiers Weep for Jack Montgomerie, Claudia Herron, More Cowbell? Josie Cochrane Few emotions stir us like nostalgia – that wistful, bittersweet recollection of times past. But for all SECTION EDITORS its power and ubiquity, nostalgia had hardly been Rosie Howells, Charlotte Doyle, studied until 15 or so years ago, and is still quite Lucy Hunter, Kirsty Dunn, poorly understood. Sam McChesney looks into this Basti Menkes, Baz Macdonald, strange phenomenon. Raquel Moss, Tristan Keillor 09 news Contributors 30 | Critic Scandals Through the Lindsey Horne, Guy McCallum, 09 | “Sit Back Down,” Ages: An Inexhaustive Account Jessica Bromell, Josef Alton, Says Joyce Now in its 89th year, Critic is widely known as Jonny Mahon-Heap, Tamarah Scott, an upright and distinguished publication, where In response to the ’ call to Phoebe Harrop, M and G, people turn for only the most rigorous of journalistic Dr. Nick, Elsie Jacobsen “Stand Up Otago,” Economic Development standards. LOL, JK. Brittany Mann takes a look at Minister Steven Joyce provided a rebuttal the scandals that have shaped Critic over the years. Special Thanks that was published by the newspaper on The Hocken Library, 10 August. Meanwhile, is Otago Daily Times calling for a revolt. news

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